Military "investigation" clears interrogators

A high-level military investigation into complaints by F.B.I. agents about the abuse of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, concluded in a report released Wednesday that their treatment was sometimes degrading but did not qualify as inhumane or as torture.

  NY Times article

Surprised, arent' you?

General Schmidt told the committee that his investigation could not substantiate some of the F.B.I. accusations. His report said that some of the practices that evoked criticism among the F.B.I. agents were approved interrogation techniques, like stripping detainees, forcing one to wear women's lingerie and wiping red ink on a detainee and telling him it was menstrual blood.

The unclassified version of the report, which was distributed publicly, provided the military's first acknowledgement that it had used dogs to intimidate prisoners at Guantánamo on a few occasions, as was done later at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

The military's first acknowledgement? Even after the pictures they didn't acknowledge it?

General Schmidt said that an accusation by an F.B.I. agent that detainees were deprived of food and water as part of an interrogation regimen could not be substantiated. He said the agent was difficult to find and was therefore not questioned by his staff.

Very thorough investigating there.

Similarly, he said that about 10 former interrogators could not be questioned as they were no longer in the military and declined to answer questions voluntarily.

Oh well, then.

And Congresscriminal Inhofe one betters the military...

Senator James Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, said he was angered that any effort had been expended on investigating these matters.

Not that much was.

"It's hard to see why we're so wrapped up in this investigation," Mr. Inhofe said. "We have nothing to be ashamed of."

Well, you do, crackhead. Unfortunately, you're simply shameless.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.